Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ROW, n.¹ [Sax. rawa; G. reihe; D. rei. The Welsh has rhes. It is a contracted word, and probably the elements are Rg; the same as of rank. The primary sense is probably to stretch, to reach. If the elements are Rd it coincides with rod; Sw. rad, a row.]

A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of gems or pearls; a row of houses or columns. Where the bright Seraphim in burning row. Milton.